Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester

Infobox Roman Catholic diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of=Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester


caption=
Latin name of diocese=Diocensis Manchesteriensis
location=Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
territory=New Hampshire
population=327,353 Catholics [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmanc.html Manchester (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy ] ]
rite=Roman Rite
patron=Saint Joseph
province=Archdiocese of Boston
established=April 15, 1884
cathedral=Cathedral of Saint Joseph
co-cathedral=
leadership=John Brendan McCormack
website= [http://www.catholicchurchnh.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester]
pope=Benedict XVI
ordinary=John Brendan McCormack
Bishop of Manchester
auxiliary= Francis Joseph Christian
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester ("Diocensis Manchesteriensis"Fact|date=August 2008 in Latin) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the region of New England in the United States comprising the entire state of New Hampshire. It is located within the Province of Boston, and is under the government of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the motherchurch, Cathedral of St. Joseph in Manchester. The diocese consists of approximately 280 priests, 51 deacons, and 327,600 Catholic faithful in New Hampshire.

The Diocese of Manchester was canonically erected on April 15, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. Its territories were taken from the Diocese of Portland in the neighboring state of Maine.

The current bishops are:
*John Brendan McCormack, Bishop
*Francis Joseph Christian, Auxiliary Bishop
*Odore Joseph Gendron, Bishop "Emeritus"

Ordinaries

Bishops of the Diocese and their terms of office:

* Denis Mary Bradley (18 April, 1884 Appointed - 13 December, 1903 Died)
* John Bernard Delany (18 April, 1904 Appointed - 11 June, 1906 Died)
* George Albert Guertin (16 December, 1906 Appointed - 6 August, 1931 Died)
* John Bertram Peterson (13 May, 1932 Appointed - 15 March, 1944 Died)
* Matthew Francis Brady (11 November, 1944 Appointed - 21 September, 1959 Died)
* Ernest John Primeau (27 November, 1959 Appointed - 30 January, 1974 Resigned)
* Odore Joseph Gendron (12 December, 1974 Appointed - 12 June, 1990 Resigned)
* Leo Edward O'Neil (12 June 1990 Succeeded - 30 November, 1997 Died)
* John Brendan McCormack (21 July, 1998 Appointed - "present" )

High schools

* Bishop Brady High School, Concord
* Bishop Guertin High School, Nashua
* Holy Family Academy, Manchester
* Immaculate Conception Apostolic School, Center Harbor
* Mount Royal Academy, Sunapee
* St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Dover
* Trinity High School, Manchester

Resources

* [http://www.catholicchurchnh.org/ Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmanc.html Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Manchester]
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